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Taking out the spare tire (vehicles without the third seat)
Open the rear deck board.
Vehicles with a standard spare tire
Vehicles with a compact spare tire
Secure the rear deck board,
using the strap hook provided.
Remove the strap hook
Secure the hook
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Remove the cover.
Loosen the center fastener that
secures the spare tire.
Take out the spare tire.
Vehicles with a standard spare tire
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Taking out the jack and spare tire (vehicles with the third seat)
Make sure that the third seat is in the most upright position.
Open the deck board.
Be careful of the deck board
unexpectedly falling forward.
Take out the jack.
Tighten
Loosen
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Remove the auxiliary box.
Loosen the center fastener that
secures the spare tire.
Take out the spare tire.
The spare tire cannot be taken
out while the third seat is folded
down.
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Replacing a flat tire
Chock the tires.
Vehicles with a steel wheel,
remove the wheel ornament
using the wrench or the wheel
cap clip. ( P. 482)
To protect the wheel ornament,
place a rag between the wrench
and the wheel ornament, as
shown in the illustration.
Slightly loosen the wheel nuts
(one turn).
Flat tireWheel chock positions
Front Left-hand side Behind the rear right-hand side tire
Right-hand side Behind the rear left-hand side tire
Rear Left-hand side In front of the front right-hand side tire
Right-hand side In front of the front left-hand side tire
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Turn the tire jack portion “A” by
hand until the notch of the jack is
in contact with the jack point.
Raise the vehicle until the tire is
slightly raised off the ground.
Remove all the wheel nuts and
the tire.
When resting the tire on the
ground, place the tire so that the
wheel design faces up to avoid
scratching the wheel surface.
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Installing the spare tire
Remove any dirt or foreign mat-
ter from the wheel contact sur-
face.
If foreign matter is on the wheel
contact surface, the wheel nuts
may loosen while the vehicle is in
motion, and the tire may come off
the vehicle.
Install the tire and loosely tighten each wheel nut by hand by
approximately the same amount.
Replacing a steel wheel with a steel wheel (including a compact
spare tire)
Tighten the nuts until the tapered
portion comes into loose contact
with the disc wheel sheet.
Replacing an aluminum wheel with a steel wheel (including a com-
pact spare tire)
Tighten the nuts until the tapered
portion comes into loose contact
with the disc wheel sheet.
Tapered portion
Disc wheel sheet
Tapered portion
Disc wheel sheet
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Lower the vehicle.
Firmly tighten each wheel nut
two or three times in the order
shown in the illustration.
Tightening torque:
103 N·m (10.5 kgf·m, 76 ft·lbf)
Vehicles with a steel wheels,
except for vehicles with a tire
pressure warning system or a
compact spare tire: Reinstall the
wheel ornament.
Align the cutout of the wheel
ornament with the valve stem as
shown.
Stow the flat tire, tire jack and all tools.